50 Cent is never shy of expressing his opinion especially when it comes to his contemporaries in any one of his endeavors.
It has been known for some time that Jay Z has been trying to move his Roc Nation Sports management company into the boxing arena, one that 50 has been in for a long time. Confronted with this reality, the Queens native and former Floyd Mayweather companion sounded off about Jay and his proposed move. In a recent interview with BET.com, 50 Cent said that Jay is setting himself up for failure as boxing is like no other sport when it comes to promotion or management.
“I think they gonna clean Jay up,” 50 told said convincingly. “The sport of boxing is going to clean him up and he’s going to find out it’s not like any other portion of business that he’s been involved in.”
50’s beliefs most likely stem from how Jay has made his past moves, whether it be in sports or music. He compares boxing to the “fur coat business,” one that requires experience and a nuanced understanding of how the business is run.
“You can’t just buy your way into it by purchasing existing companies and stuff like that,” he said. “You look at the roster of fighters…you have to have experienced people around to run it. But boxing is like the fur coat business…we don’t know how much they actually sold the jacket for.”
Jay Z’s Roc Nation Sports currently represents New York Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia, Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant and Indianapolis Colts wide receiver Hakeem Nicks, among others. Back in August, Jay signed boxing industry veteran David Itskowitch to run its boxing division. Michael Yormark, president and chief of branding and strategy of Roc Nation, said during interview with ESPN.com at the time that Roc Nation plans to make boxing a “huge priority.”
“50 told said convincingly”
hov got that long money he can hire some experienced peeps to run it and make him look like he knows what hes doin, hes not trying to lose millions with roc nation sports like he did on that hotel.
jay-z is married to beyonce
50 always has something negative to say about jay-z. let that man breath, damn.
The retards at hiphopdx again with errors in their article. SMH
Anyway back to the topic. Yes Jay will fail in boxing promotion just as Curtis failed in Acting, movie making, boxing promotion, parenting,…you name it.
how exactly did he fail in movie making and acting if he’s still putting out movies and has a hit tv show with starz. he got that tapia documentary and the big meech joint coming soon.
50 is a G-enius.
50 cent is right, because he is a failure in boxing. Gamboa’s only earn 193k gross from all his fights with him (50). 50 sunk 3 million is trying to cage his fighters, they all fled or got knocked out. Rappers are the worst boxing promoters ever. I takes 6 years to get a fighter to big earnings and that is assuming that he is good and only has less than 2 losses. After 5 losses and no titles, you are a journey man just fighting for a check. Jay has to pay his dues and stop overpaying for purse bids for losers.
i think one of fifs fighters won recently.
Ryan d Martin who signed to 50Cent made hes Professional debuted in boxing 2013 and is now #17 in the lightweight division with 10 wins 6 by KO and is the youngest top 20 lightweight boxer in the States … yep Fif really failed with that one ha
whats happening in that pic????
OH SHIT I JUS NOTICE IT LOOK LIKE JAY TRYING TO HOLD CURTIS’ HAND ON SOME BIRDMAN WEEZY SHIT WTF? DONT SHOW BEY!
that picture above of jay and 50 is some classic ish. most of these rappers worship jay but while 50 respects him he will always tell it how he sees it. respect.
50 always comes off as a hater, party due to these headlines but he knows any publicity is good publicity.
Reaching with this headline… smh… All he said was it’s not the same as other sports & it won’t be easy, essentially…
I like the competition…we’ll see who prevails
50 what you doing with Gamboa’s career??? lmao
fuck outta here.
as a promoter fif can only do so much. he can give him all the tools but cant make the man win his fight.
I’m a big 50 fan. And I hear what he’s saying. But, at the same time, never doubt/underestimate Jay Z. His winning streak is crazy.
WE NEED DISQUS!!! THIS COMMENT SECTION IS BORING!!!
all u got is diq suck. lmao. fag.
wtf is wrong with 50, dude needs help
dude is such a bitch, always gossiping about others
answering a question aint gossiping
oh so all i need is for you to ask and then i can run my mouth. shut up you catty ho. you not man enough to say “no comment” when fag drama journalists try to cause a ruckus so they can eat off you?
he got his name in a headline and you’re talkin about him. it worked out perfectly. im sure jay’s feelings aint hurt if he even see’s this.
did 50 fail in his boxing endeavors? i remember yahoo sports did an article about how 50 cent might save the sport of boxing when he started his promotions company, but i don’t hear 50 promoting that very much anymore. or sk energy. or cheetah vision films. hell not even g-unit records. when’s that dj pauly d album coming out? formula 50 is no longer a flavor of vitamin water, it was discontinued. i respect 50’s hustle but focus on one thing at a time.
interviewers love asking him questions about other rappers because they know he will answer them and give them a good story
yes he dont give a fuck what kinda headlines they use or how it makes him look he just gives it straight
Good job 50, you only used the word ‘actually’ once.
Why is Jay trying to hold 50’s wrist in that picture above?
Jay-z is too out of touch for the boxing world. I just saw a new picture of Jay-Z at Taylor Swift’s birthday party surrounded by a gang of white people… not 1 brother or sista in site! Just days after he was bowing down to the royal family at a basketball game.
You are ignorant beyond belief. This comment is absurd. A person does not have to lose touch with who they are in order to better themselves. People get so caught up on keeping it real that you become ok with mediocrity and being stagnate.
BEANIE SIGEL IS IN THE ICU AND JAY IS PARTYING WITH TAYLOR SWIFT LOL
RIDICULOUS HEADLINE. The word ‘fail’ wasn’t even used… He pretty much just said ‘it’s unlike any sport & it’s not like any business he’s involved himself in before’.
JayZ has had huge success with his Sports Management moves and he has an incredible team around him so I doubt he will fail in the arena of Boxing like 50Cent did.
JayZ is a true Boss you won’t see him getting his bank account frozen or not being a powerful figure within the culture in one aspect or another, 50 is just another random crack-rapper that fell off after his initial hype wore off and his gimmicks got stale.
Fifth need 2 worry about his damn self in this boxing biz, only 2 men succeed in this boxing sh*t, Al Haymon and Bob the Bobfather Arum, that’s it !
Negro stay hating. Has Jay been wrong yet? Nope, then just roll with that.
In todays 50 Cent said something. Tune in tomorrow to find out what someone said about Eminems 2nd album 14 years ago!
Notice how he never said the word ‘fail’ once.
For real tho, HHDX tryin’ to get those clicks making up dumbass headlines like this.. it’s pathetic..
hov aint master p. he’s smart enough to know what he doesn’t know. if he doesn’t know enough about the boxing business its ok because he’s gonna hire someone who has expertise in that area. that’s why roc nation sports is successful. hov aint the one negotiating those contracts, real agents are
WHY IS JAY TRYInG TO HOLD HANDS WITH GODFATHER 50? IS HE BISEXUAL ON THE LOW LOW?
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50 turned into a real hater. He is pathetic nowadays. All that bitterness. mad he’s past his glory days.
hes not hating or bitter fool, he just said it will be hard for jigga to break into the sport
50 time is up you see the Devil who put him in the game is taking his money back next is his soul
lol, said an illiterate guy in the comment section on hiphopdx
how the fuck is anybody taking jay-z’s money back if he’s top 3 each year on Forbes? and why the fuck would you capitalize “devil” by the way? the worst kind of internet knights – dumb, illiterate, making religious references to the music world
Why does 50 keep mentioning Jay-Z and his moves, I never hear Jay-Z talking about him, why the reverse?
Can Curtis keep Jay’s dick off his mouth for once. Every interview he mentions Jay. Gaadamn! Jay dont even need no promo no more coz this fool just keeps Jay in the news constant
did you miss the part where they asked him a question about jay-z?
50 talking about someone else again…. fuckin clown
50 is correct jay-z is way over rated, but is a money making a machine.
yo 50 you walked in with floyds belt a few times now you think youe a successful boxing promoter gtfoh fool, a year from now jay will be doing big fights u will be watching from home clown
50 already had fights on hbo and shit dog.
50 is a loser…nuff said…you have no artists…no classic album…no longer relevant…the fact that you have the nerve to even put Jay’s name in ur Gorilla mouth, leaves me scratching my head.
You have no business talking to anyone any more lol even the new generation you can’t say nothing to…ur wack and not even an OG I would look to for advice…notice how new artists link up with like TI, Bustah,Jay, Ye, Wayne, Birdman, heck even Trae the Truth and list goes on and on and on…but no ones ever looking out for you…cause ur not someone anyone would want to associate or take advice from.
I give u props on getting rich…but you have also lose a lot of props knowing the potential you could have had…
can this delusional fuck nigga stop talking about Jay-Z for a second? where’s your music homie? you stuck on album #6 while Jay surpassed you in every way possible.
jay had a 15 year head start fool and is only relevant today because of who he married. must be weird having your wifey be the breadwinner of the fam.
Huh?? Jay make more and is worth more than B
not true. Bey makes more almost every year just off touring alone.
Please don’t compare the 2….I don’t care if Jay had a 50 year head start…no disrespect but 50 came in the game and took advantage where and when he could… he’s irrelevant now and no Jay-z is not relevant because of Beyonce u goof ball…he’s relevant because of Kanye, J. Cole and Rihanna…and oh yeah all his ahtletes on Roc Nation…and oh yea didn’t watch the throne just drop a couple years back and sold ove r a million copies….of wait it probably only sold because the knew Kanye was going to be with Kim.K…fool, a 50 cents die hard fan must be an idiot lol
that picture says it all!!! 50 like damn im on stage wit JAY Z, jay just doing his thing,